Larisa Nikolayevna Tsaryova (also Tsareva, russian: Лариса Николаевна Царёва; born 10 August 1958) is a retired Russian swimmer who won three bronze medals at the

1978 World Aquatics Championships The 1978 World Aquatics Championships took place in the free city of West Berlin West Berlin (german: Berlin (West) or , ) was a political enclave which comprised the western part of Berlin during the years of the Cold War. Although West ...

. She competed in five events at the

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and

1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Olimpiyskiye igry 1980), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad (russian: Игры XXII Олимпиады, Igry XXII Olimpiady) and commo ...

and finished fourth in the 4 × 100 m medley relay and fifth in the 4 × 100 m freestyle relay in 1976. In 1980, her freestyle relay was disqualified for improper changeover. She won national titles in the 100 m freestyle in 1976 and 1978. Currently, she is a deputy director of an Olympic boarding school in Moscow.Царева Лариса
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1958 births Living people Russian female freestyle swimmers Swimmers at the 1976 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1980 Summer Olympics Olympic swimmers for the Soviet Union World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Soviet female freestyle swimmers {{Russia-swimming-bio-stub